Collar for coats.



G. FISCHER. COLLAR FOR COATS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 9

Patented Feb. 28, 1-911.

CHARLES FISCHER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COLLAR FOR COATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed April 9, 1910. Serial No. %,385.

To all whom. it may concern."

Be it known that 1 CHARLES Freeman, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars for Coats, of which the following is a specification, relf erence beinghad to the accompanying draw-- ings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in detachable coat collars, and has for its object to provide a coin vcrtible collar which is adapted to be attached to the collar band of a coat and is capable of easy and quick rem val therefrom. I V

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a device oil the abovecharacter which is neat and attractive in up pearance. and may be convertedwery quickly into an ellicient storm collar for coats to atford a protection to the wearer in inclementweather.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view or". a portion of a coat showing my improved detachable collar secured thereon; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the collar turiicdup; l is a section taken on the line fil -3 of 1, and Fig. t is a plan view of a collar blanlc Referring more particularly to the draw lugs, 'ndicates my improved collar formed from a single length of material, which may he of similar texture and weave as that. of the coat, or of different material, as the individual wearer may desire. One edge of the collar is out to form a continuous .curve to a point adjacent to each end thereof, as shown at 6. Adjacent to this curved edge of the collar, a plurality of button holes 7 are provided. The coat collar 8 has sewn to its under side a numher of buttons 0 which are adapted to be received through the button holes 7' of the detachable collar.

As shown in the drawings, thel collar 5 is provided with tour button holes T, one of which is located substantially at the center of the collar, and is adapted to receive the button secured to the back of the coat collar 8. One end of the collar 5 is provided with two of the button holes 7 arranged comparatively close to each other and adapted to engage over the buttons 9 secured to each end of the coat collar 8. The other end ofthe collar is proyidd with a single button hole which is also" adapted to engage over one of the end buttons 9 of the collar 8. The de tachable collar 5 when not in use, is adapted 'to be turned down together with the coat collar, and lies closely upon the coat C about the shoulders of the wearer, the ends of said collar extending beneath the coat lapels. The neat appearance of the coat thus not detracted from in any manner by the use of the detachable collar.

In stormy weather, when it is desirable to protect the neck, so as to prevent the entrance of snow or rain about the coat collar, the supplementary collar 5 is turned up, as shown in Fig. 2. The end portions of the collar, it will be noted, are of considerably greater width than the center or intermediate portionthereof, as clearly shown at 10 in These widened collar portions are adapted to engage closely upon theneck and lower part of the taco of the wearer at opposite sides of the head. lVhen the ends of the collar have been overlapped and securely fastened to the buttons 9 carried by the coat collar, the engagement of the collar with the neck and face of the wearer will effectually prevent the entrance of snow and rain.

From the foregoing, it-will be seen that l have provided a detachable suppleint-mtary Y collar tor coats which is of simple construction, and is admirably adapted for the purposes in view. It, may be quickly attahe'd to or detached from the coat, and, as the buttons 9 are upon the under side of the collar 8, when the storm collar is not in use, the buttons are completely hidden from view and the close engagement of the collar 5 upon the shoulders of the wearer causes the collar and the coat to maintain their proper shape.

lVhile l have shown and described the preferred form of. my improved collar, it will be understood that the same is susceptible of inanyminor chan es without inaterially departing from the essential features, or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus dcscribedmy invention, what I claim is:

As a new and improved article of nianu- I l actu re, a supplemcnttfiy coat collar adapted to be removably secured to the collar ot a c0at,said supplementary collar being formed neck, said widened intermediate portions of i the collar extending upwardly upon oppoof a single length of flexible material cut along one edge to lie. closely upon the coat at the junction of the coat collar therewith, the ends of said supplementary collar extending beyond the ends of the coat collar and adapted to be overlapped across the meeting ends of the coat collar in the use of the supplementary collar said supplementary collar being of increased width on each side of its central portion, the longitudinal edge of such wider portions of the collar being curved, such portions of'the collar graduallv narrowing in width toward the ends thereof, the extremities of said collar extending beneath the wearers chin when the ends of the collar are secured together about the site sides of the wearers face and covering the ears when the supplementary collar is in use, said widened portions of the collar being adapted to be folded down upon the body of the collar and to lie upon the surface of the coat beyond the collar thereof, the ends of said supplementary collar extending beneath the coat lapels.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES FISCHER.

\Vitnesses:

ANTON Fiscn'nn, Rom. GALLAGHER. 

